ABOUT US

Brian Cunningham

Brian is the Founder, Chairman, a Director, and majority Shareholder at QuTec. As a business leader and outstanding technical engineer, Brian calls on 46yrs of vast experience and know-how, having developed several successful companies over his career including Vanguard Presswork & QuTec Pershore Ltd. Brian’s previous role as Commercial Director has been crucial in placing QuTec where it trades today, and he still offers input into technical engineering solutions, design and tooling and production methodology as required.

Brian’s passions include his family, walking his dog, golf, and socialising.

Greg Cunningham

Greg is a proven business leader with an accounts background, also bringing 25 years of experience and responsibility in achieving sizable business goals through large management teams for a FTSE 100 company in the Financial Services Sector. Greg joined the family business in 2014 with a clear remit to define and lead QuTec’s strategic business program for sustained expansion and profit growth. Greg is CEO, a Director and shareholder of QuTec Pershore LTD and over the last seven years QuTec has experienced successful business growth, both within its valued existing customer base, but also through many new customer and market acquisitions in this period. Through solid investment in manufacturing capacity and technology, QuTec offers engineering diversity through its most valued and resourceful employee team, backed by an equally loyal supply chain.   

Greg’s core skills include strategic leadership, diversification, commercial development and transformation, financial accounting, and people management. Personal experience has been naturally heightened within engineering, design and manufacturing, quality management, and supply chain procurement to name but a few. 

Alongside the business, Greg’s passions include his family, travel, skiing, socialising, and cooking. He is also an avid sports fan and follows WBA FC for his sins!

Joanne Tankins

Jo joined QuTec in August 2023 as our Supply Chain Manager, reporting into the Director team. Jo brings over 20 years’ experience in various purchasing roles and since 2011 this includes leading the purchasing functions for companies such as Bromford Industries and B Hepworth; both of which offer metal fabricating and engineering services.

Jo has taken lead responsibility for our entire Supply Chain function, including procurement from our approved suppliers, their goods, materials, and services provided in fulfilling our customers’ requirements and their performance in facilitating their services. Our suppliers’ relationships, performance and costs are one of our key business objectives under Jo’s management remit. Jo also oversees our customer’s ordering and scheduling requirements, sales and pricing processes and related internal systems management and stock control for QuTec.

In Jo’s spare time she enjoys competitive on-line “gaming” and scenic walks.

Carl Brown

Carl joined QuTec in 2014 offering strong operation and production management skills to the company and has since become a Director in the business. Backed by extensive experience in sheet metalwork and fabrication, Carl has assisted in many deliverables within our Fabrication expansion plan which is key to future business growth. Carl has also developed a fully operational production improvement plan for the remaining company footprints, which we continue to work towards as part of our key internal strategy. 

In Carl’s role as Operations Director, he inspires respect and loyalty across the whole QuTec team and has the depth of knowledge to be able to mentor, guide and offer solutions to technical engineering challenges. Carl has developed firm and professional relationships with QuTec’s customers and supply chain and assists with our commercial growth activity. He continually demonstrates a fantastic attitude towards all business challenges QuTec undertakes.

Ryan Young

Ryan joined QuTec as our Senior Quality Engineer in May 2024 bringing 10 years of Quality experience within the sheet metal fabrication & pressing manufacturing worlds.

Upon leaving school Ryan signed up to be in the Army, the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Regiment (REME). After being medically discharged, he followed his dad into engineering at a small company in Aston called J8 Precision. Ryan’s father took him under his wing and brought him into the world of tool making. Starting as a storeman, moving all the way through manual milling, turning, and grinding machines he learnt the basics of them all, eventually taking responsibility for Quality inspection. The company experienced a difficult audit and then the amazing world of Quality and standards came crashing down onto his lap.

Since then, Ryan has successfully become accredited in auditing training and has a track history of building and maintaining Quality Management Systems for ISO 9001:2015 for larger previous companies.

In his spare time, Ryan enjoys supporting his considered best team in the midlands; Aston Villa. Ryan’s interests also include tropical fish keeping and lounging at home with friends and family.

Jane Cunningham

Jane (Brian’s wife) has been Senior Financial controller and business advisor, supporting Brian through 46yrs of business across several successful companies including Vanguard Presswork & QuTec Pershore Ltd. Jane’s core key skills include financial controls and accounting.

Jane’s passions include her family and dog, gardening, cookery, and socialising with friends.

Tracy Cunningham

Tracy (Greg’s wife) joined QuTec in 2015 having previously worked at large automotive companies such as Johnson Controls (11yrs) and Jaguar Land Rover (9yrs). Tracy is a shareholder and her responsibilities as Financial Controller include financial controls, banking, cash flow management, payroll, and pensions administration. 

Alongside the business, Tracy loves enjoying family time, keeping fit and is an avid sports fan.

Cody Ellison

Cody joined QuTec in January 2024 in her role as “Sales & Purchasing Administrator”. Cody supports our Supply Chain Manager & Office team, through sales order process, contract review, purchasing, job allocation, customer scheduling and communications through to production and stock management control and invoicing.

Cody’s brings 5 previous years of similar administration experience with previous manufacturing businesses facing into motor sports, oil, mining, and gas. In this time, Cody worked her way up from office junior to taking fuller responsibilities overseeing and facilitating Customer sales processes and material procurement responsibilities through supply chains. Cody is very proficient when it comes to IT systems and controls, and we are looking forward to Cody broadening her role at QuTec over the coming years.

In her spare time Cody loves socialising with friends & family. She also enjoys a cheeky cocktail or two.

Karen Crofts

Karen joined QuTec in December 2022 as “Office Administrator” and is the “first voice and face of the company” for customers and suppliers contacting or visiting our premises. Karen controls the reception desk, processes supplier and customer invoices, oversees our general administration function, and directly assists Tracy in accounts. Karen also supports general purchasing, stock allocation and production control.

Karen previously led a distinguished career with HMRC from 1986 through to 2018, starting out as an Administrative Assistant / Officer, before progressing through multiple job roles to her final position as Tax specialist for HMRC Large Business Service in the Corporation Tax team (LBS CT) – Birmingham

Barry Turner

Barry role as Production Supervisor is a vital one in terms of insuring quality and timely production delivery to all QuTec’s customer base. He has been a vital part of the QuTec team since 2011 and has also held Quality management responsibilities in this time. He has gained vast engineering expertise over his career to date spanning 30 years. Barry supervises and delivers end-to end production manufacturing across our entire factory footprints through his team of operatives, supported by his thorough knowledge of our entire customer product range. Barry is also one of our qualified first aiders and in his spare time he is an avid sports fan and enjoys coaching football and cricket. 

Barry’s interests also include family, golf, snooker, and skittles.

Derek Gisbourne

Derek`s role as Senior Technical Engineer is a vital one and enables QuTec to correctly channel resource into developing new methods and processes and leading technical solutions as they arise. Derek has been within the engineering sector for 37 years and with QuTec for over 17 years. Derek has a good sound knowledge of all the aspects of production within QuTec encompassing both the Press Shop and the Fabrication department. He is also lead CNC programmer and excels in R & D, prototyping and value engineering, where he supports the Director team directly in commercial activity. Derek also manages all machinery maintenance, servicing, and machinery insurance requirements for the company.  

Graham Andrew

Graham originally served an engineering apprenticeship at Worcester Technical College and has been a tool maker for over 30 years. He joined QuTec at the outset in 2003 as our lead Toolmaker and is responsible for design and production of new tooling. He also heads up the servicing and repair of existing QuTec and customer tooling as well as jigs and machinery equipment within our factories. Graham is also one of our qualified first aiders in the business. 

Graham enjoys country walks, playing pool and eating out. Graham also enjoys football and supports Liverpool F.C.

Mark Goodall

Mark has been in engineering for 40 years and his career has served over 17 years at QuTec. His responsibilities include the smooth running of the company’s stores, including goods inwards and outwards, assisting with sub-contract operational flow, and supporting our Purchasing team with the management of transport scheduling. Mark liaises across all the operational functions and his counterbalance forklift licence is a necessity when it comes to loading and unloading the many vehicles that come and go at QuTec. 

Mark enjoys watching football and playing skittles and pool.